Italian Open 2024: Semifinalist Alexander Zverev, High Gamers Complain About Lengthy Tight Schedule of Masters Occasions

The greatest tennis gamers on the planet collect in Southern Europe to play on the Madrid Open and the Italian Open in back-to-back weeks from April to May.

While tennis followers rejoice the arrival of the highest gamers, the gamers are usually not bought on the concept of enjoying so many video games with minimal relaxation.

Men’s Singles no. 5 Alexander Zverev, who is about to fulfill Alejandro Tabilo within the semis, is complaining that they have to play matches virtually day-after-day and should journey to a different nation or state over a brief interval.

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“Yes, you do get told you have a day in between, you don’t have to play every day,” he mentioned.

“At the end of the day that’s not resting. Resting is when you’re spending time at home, when you’re sleeping in your own bed, maybe with your family, maybe with your dogs, maybe with your kids if you have kids, right?”

Zverev added that the lengthy touring hours take a toll on gamers like them, who need to be at their greatest in each match.

“A day between matches, if you’re at a different place, that’s not resting,” he defined.

“If you’re trying to make semifinals or finals of every event, you’re just away a lot longer, and you have to work a lot more.”

The Madrid Open 2024 passed off from April 23 to May 5 and was adopted by the Rome match, which began in May and can finish by May 19.

Before these two occasions, gamers have been additionally on the Indian Wells Open (March 6-17) and had two days off earlier than flying to Florida for the Miami Open that began on March 19.

Victoria Azarenka rues drama with out reward

The Madrid Open and Italian Open are Masters occasions, lesser than the Grand Slam competitions.

Some prime gamers solely contemplate them a warm-up for the French Open 2024, the yr’s second Grand Slam.

Among those that explicitly used the Rome Open as a coaching floor was tennis GOAT candidate Novak Djokovic, who bowed out of the Rome occasion within the third spherical.

The therapy of Masters occasions is lesser, however the stage of competitors is simply as robust.

This is why Italian Open 2024 Women’s Singles quarterfinalist Victoria Azarenka thinks adjustments should be launched to raised defend gamers.

“People want to watch top players play against each other, week in and week out. … There is a market for that, but there has to be a thought to make sure we do take care of our players,” she mentioned.

Azarenka and different gamers can solely complain for now, because the French Open is about to begin on May 26. 

Djokovic and Iga Świątek will attempt to defend their titles in Men’s Singles and Women’s Singles, respectively.

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